F1RS : Unavailable Options

Hi, Has anybody managed to work out what it is that you have to do to get access to some of the options within F1RS? The sort of things that I'm referring to are the 'Auto-Glide into Pits' option, the 'Relative Usage' option (whatever that does), and all of the 'Rules'. I can have access to the False Start rule if I have the difficulty setting at 'Pro', but it isn't available at 'Expert' level (I'm assuming that Expert is harder than Pro due to the order that they are in the list, but it seems that Pro should be harder than Expert). If anybody can shed light on this, then I'd be grateful. Cheers, Steve.

Relative usage is explained in the manual. I think you'll find that False Start is active in expert - try it. You can't access it in the menus because you are not allowed to switch it off! (because you're in expert mode of course.)

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>Hi, >Has anybody managed to work out what it is that you have to do to get >access to some of the options within F1RS? >The sort of things that I'm referring to are the 'Auto-Glide into Pits' >option, the 'Relative Usage' option (whatever that does), and all of the >'Rules'. >I can have access to the False Start rule if I have the difficulty setting >at 'Pro', but it isn't available at 'Expert' level (I'm assuming that >Expert is harder than Pro due to the order that they are in the list, but >it seems that Pro should be harder than Expert). >If anybody can shed light on this, then I'd be grateful. >Cheers, >Steve.

>Relative usage is explained in the manual. I think you'll find that False >Start is active in expert - try it. You can't access it in the menus because >you are not allowed to switch it off! (because you're in expert mode of >course.) I've tried to test the false start penalty and found that it doesn't catch you if you are edging forward before the lights go out. It was only when I accelerated forward and was almost hitting the car in front of me that I got black flagged. Is this accurate? I thought that any movement by real F1 drivers once the starting sequence has begun is an infraction.

Iain, Not on my copy. It's inaccessible and switched off in expert mode, but available in pro. The explanation in the manual of relative usage still doesn't help me understand what it does. Cheers, Steve.

> Not on my copy. It's inaccessible and switched off in expert mode, but > available in pro. i notice that the False Start is active when you're doing a Expert Grand Prix, but when you try a Single Race it is off and you can't turn it on. But when in Pro level, you CAN. this is weird:) definitely a bug as far as i am concerned. from what i understand it means that if you are doing a 50% race, then your tyres wear twice as fast, and your fuel is used twice as fast. a 10% race would mean your tyres and fuel are being used up 10 times quicker. thus you will be forced to still have the same number of stops as a full race. i have yet to try this:)

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> >Relative usage is explained in the manual. I think you'll find that False > >Start is active in expert - try it. You can't access it in the menus > because > >you are not allowed to switch it off! (because you're in expert mode of > >course.) > I've tried to test the false start penalty and found that it doesn't catch > you if you are edging forward before the lights go out. It was only when I > accelerated forward and was almost hitting the car in front of me that I got > black flagged. > Is this accurate? I thought that any movement by real F1 drivers once the > starting sequence has begun is an infraction.

Dunno if it's the same, but with the GP bikes they can edge forward so long as their rear wheels dont go over a certain line.

Your use of the term "bug" here is inappropriate. Perhaps an operational oversight but certainly not a "bug" in the most-used sense of the word, where it relates to a programming code fault. -- Bruce (at work) "Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." (Jules Renard)

> Your use of the term "bug" here is inappropriate. > Perhaps an operational oversight but certainly not a "bug" in the > most-used sense of the word, where it relates to a programming code > fault. hmmm yes i do see your point:) i was using "bug" as i'd call that sort of oversight in any software i write of my own. if i have gone and made any kind of oversight or logic error or simply accidentally forgot to activate something, then i just lump it all together in the "bug" bin, which for me is "anythign that needs to be corrected". some of which may not be harmful, just completely minor things like this. i do have a tendency to just use the first word that pops into my head like that - thankyou for reminding me to be a bit more careful when i go to post somewhere public:) later, Grant Reeve.

'S okay, Grant :-) Just that with this stupid term "Millenium Bug" being hyped to the hilt, and being involved in the IT profession, my hackles start to raise when I see the word "bug"!! -- Bruce. (At home)

In F1, the Tag Heuer timing system detects any movement before the lights go out, and you get a penalty if you move even an inch. Despite this - or perhaps *because* everyone knows this - false starts hardly ever happen in F1. It should be the same in F1RS, but I've never tested the system (it does say Tag Heuer on the screen, so I'm careful). ;-) --- Jon Petersson

Changing the subject completely, is there a clutch in F1RS. I can't get a decent getaway and end up swamped Jacques Villeneuve style.

I think with the FALSE starts enabled, the best you can do is get control of your car after *ALL* the starting lights light up. Since it is described in the manual to work this way, it (unfortunately) appears to be a "feature". -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes.